Hinge



W. L. EVANS, JR.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24,.1921.

1,407,790, 7 Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

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ATTORN EY W. L. EVANS, In.

HINGE.

APPLICATION flLED- FEB. 24. um.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

WILLLLM LEWISEVAN S, JR., OF WASHINGTON, INDIANA.

HINGE.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, i Vimzi'nM L. EVANs, Jr, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVashington, in the county of Daviess and State of Indiana, have invented anew and useful Hinge, of whichrthe following is a specification. p

This invention relates to hinges oi"- the. multiple pivot type, in which a jamb plate and door plate are combined with a pair of arms, the opposite ends of which are piv-.

cured either to the ja-Inb or to the floor adjacent the jamb within the compartment, stall or room closed by the door. Said jamb hinge member has sockets or openings so disposed that a line connecting them would be at right anglesf'to the closed position of the door. Associated with the amb hinge memher is a-door plate rigidly mounted on the inner face ofthe door and also having a pair of holes or sockets. Fitted inthe holes or sockets. of the jamb hinge member and the door plate are the downturned and upturned ends or" a pair of swinging arms, said arms being removable from the jamb hinge member and door plate at will. are shown as being of unequal length, andfas the result of this fact and of their mounting, when the door is in open position, thearms are nearly parallel with each other'and do not hold the door firmly when in open position. Moreover, with the construction shown in said application, the door is supported entirely by the lower arms, the upper arms carrying no weight but merely serving as a guide to keep the top of the door in the same relative position to the opening as the bottom ofthe door, during the opening and closing movements of the door.

To construct a hinge overcoming these defects is the object of the present invention.

The arms 7 larged scale showing the door in full lines Specification of Letters Patent. i Patented Feb, 1922,

Application filed February 24,1921. Serial No. 447,419.

In, carrying out this object, the swinging arms are made of approximately the same lengthy and operate in different horizontal planes; means are provided for retaining the arms otboth the upper and lower hinges from separation from the jamb hinge memfrom a consideration of the following detailed description takenin connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing in the drawing, but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of'the invention as expressed in the appended claims. Referring to the drawing I Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a wardrobe such as used in churches and schools,having three compartments, showing the doorsof two of the compartments open andthe other door closed, said doors being equipped with the hinge constituting mypresent invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation on an enlarged scale of the door with the hinge applied in its closed position, looking from within the compartment. I c I i F ig. h is a section also on an enlarged scale looking at the edge of the door when in closed position. 7

Fig.5 is a horizontal section on an enin its closed position and in dotted lines illustrating the open and an intermediate position, the progressive movement of the arms being shown in dotted lines;

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the door plate showing. the upturned end of one of the arms mounted in the eyes at one end of the plate, y

Fig. 7 is an elevation showing a pair of swinging arms. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the jainb hinged member.

Like reference characters designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawing.

- her and the door plate; and the jamb hinge Fig. 7

The door or other movable member is provided with an upper hinge and a lower hinge, each consisting of a pair of'arms connected to a jamb hinge member and a door plate, and since the hinges are identical, a,

description of the lower hinge will sufiice for a full disclosure of the invention.

The swinging arms 10 and 11 are of aparms each have an upturned and a downturned terminal of diflerent lengths and the corresponding terminals of different arms are of different lengths. The terminals are bent in the same vertical plane parallel to each other and are arranged at right angles to the horizontal part of the arms.

The jamb hinge member 12 is bent vertically to formtwo arms 13 and 14, respectively, and v since the bend is located to one side of the center of the plate, the arm 13' is shorter than the arm 14. Each arm is provided with holes for the reception of screws or bolts in fastening the jamb hinge member to the jamb. The jamb'plate is located at that side of the entrance or opening closedby' the door, toward or against which the door or movable member swings when open. The two ends of the jamb hinge Inemberare notched leaving an open space, above and below which the metal is coiled in one di'rec- 7 tion toform eyes 15 which are vertically disposed one above the other in alined relation. Fitted in the notch or space between the eyes' is a collar 16 which is secured by a rivet 17 or other means to the upturned terminal of one of the arms. Both downturned ends or terminals 10 11 are fastened to the hinge eyes or sockets 15 of the, jamb hinge member in precisely the same manner.

fBy this arrangement, when the arms turn,

the collar moves with the arms in the space between the eyes 15 and securelyretains the terminals or downturned ends in place. The 'jamb hinge member is secured to the jarnb either at the floor line, or above the floor, in such position that the arm 13 with its hinge eyes or sockets is unattached, while the arm 14 is secured to a strip 18 forming a part of the jambv Thus, the hinge eyes on the arm 13 are spaced from the front piece 19 of the jamb a sufficientdistance to allow for the door to be moved so as to contact with the strip 19 in closing, while the arm 141- has its hinge eyes close to the jamb strip 18, whereby the two pairs of eyes on .the ends of the arms 13 and 141- .are located at an angle to each other or, stated in other language, lines drawn throughv each of the hinge eyes 15 of the arms 13and .14 would and secured to the inner face of the door at a point between the opposite side edges but nearer to one side edge than to the longitudinal center of the door, being held in place by screws or bolts. The opposite ends of the plate are notched at a point between the top and bottom, and the metal betweenthe notches is coiled into eyes 21 which are vertically alined and spaced from each other by the said notch. Mounted in said notch or space is a collar 22 which-is fastened to the upturned end 11 b a rivet or other means 23. Each upturne end 10, 11 is mounted in the door plate, the result being that the collars 22 turn-with said up,- turned ends of the arms as the latter swing to and fro.

The movement of the arms'and the ositions they assume in the swinging o the door from closed to open position is illustrated in full and dotted lines in Fig. of the drawing, it being notedin this connection that when the door is closed the arm 11 is substantially parallel with the door while the arm 10 is at an acute angle thereto. In the progressive movement of the arms lIl'SWlnglIlg' from the closed to the open position, the arms approach toward parallelism but are neverparallel at tical position is fixed and unchangeable.

This'arrangement enables the arms of the upper hinge to assist the arms of the lower hinge in carrying the weight ofthe door.

The hinge of the present invention is capable of all the uses as the hinge ofthe aforesaid application, beingadaptedto be applied to the doors of closets, screen*partitions, wardrobes, garages, coal chutes, or to the sashes of windows, ventilators, or to any movable part or member which is designed to close either a compartment, stall, space or a room, where it is-desired that the movable member shall vanish within the compartment when open. 1

The jamb plates are all made the same and are capable of being used for either right hand or left hand by simply turnin the plates over, as the screw holes areso p aced that when these plates are screwed to opposite sides of the jamb, the screws will not clash.

What is claimed is 1. In a hinge, the combination of a plate having a pair of alined eyes spaced from each other, with an arm having an outturncd terminal mounted in said eyes, and a collar rigidly mounted on said terminal in the space between said eyes for holding the terminal of said arm in position.

2. In a hinge, the combination of a plate having a pair of alined eyes spaced from each other, with an armhaving an outturned terminal mounted in said eyes, and means mounted in the space between said eyes and secured to said terminal to hold the latter in position.

3. In a hinge, the combination of a plate having a pair of alined eyes at each end, said eyes being spaced from each other, with a pair of arms each having outturned terminals, each terminal mounted in a pair of said eyes, and a pair of collars each rigidly mounted on one of the terminals of said arms, said collars turning with said arms in the space between said eyes.

4:. The combination with a stationary member and a movable member, of means for pivotally connecting the movable member to the stationary member comprising an upper hinge and a lower hinge, each hinge consisting of a pair of swinging arms having outturned terminals, and a pair of plates one fastened to the stationary member and the other to the movable member, said plates each having a pair of spaced alined eyes, said eyes receiving the terminals of said arms, and a collar rigidly mounted on each terminal in the space between the eyes, whereby the weight of the movable member is distributed to both hinges.

5. The combination with a compartment, of a door for closing an entrance or opening thereof, and means for pivotally connecting said door to said compartment comprising a pair of arms of substantially the same length and working in different horizontal planes, means for pivotally connecting said arms to said door, and other means for pivotally connecting said arms to said compartment, said lastmentioned means comprising an angular plate mounted within the compartment in spaced relation to the entrance or opening and having pivots at the ends thereof which are spaced apart and located at different distances from the entrance or opening and disposed wholly within the compartment at that side of said entrance or opening toward or against which said door swings when open. I

6. The combination with a compartment, of a door for closing an entrance or opening thereof, and means for pivotally connecting said door to said compartment,

comprising a pair of swinging arms of approximately. the same length and working in dilferent horizontal planes, means for pivotally connecting said arms to said door, and other means for pivotally connecting said arms to said compartment, said lastmentioned means comprising a plate having a pair of arm otunequal length and eyes at the ends of the arms to receive the ends of the swinging arms, said plate being mounted on the jamb of said compartment with one of its arms projecting outwardly and spaced from the front of said jamb, said pivots being spaced apart and disposed wholly within the compartment at that side of said entrance or opening toward or against which said door swings when open.

7. The combination with a compartment, of a door for closing an entrance or opening thereof, and means for pivotally connecting said door to said compartment, comprising a pair of arms of approximately the same length and working in different horizontal planes, means for pivotally connecting said arms to said door, and other means .for pivotally connecting said arms to said compartment, said last-mentioned means having the pivots spaced apart and located at difi'erent distances from the entrance or opening and disposed wholly within the compartment at that side of said entrance or opening toward or against which said door swings when open, a line connecting said pivots being disposed at an acute angle to the door when in closed position causing the said arms to assume a corresponding relation'to the door.

8. The combination with a stationary member, of a movable member for closing an entrance or opening thereof, and means for pivotally connecting said movable member to said stationary member, comprising a pair of arms operating in diflferent horizontal planes, said arms having approximately the same length and each arm having an upturned terminal and a downturned terminal of different lengths, means for pivotally connecting the terminals of said arms to said movable member at one side of the longitudinal center thereof, and other means for pivotally connecting said arm to said stationary member at that side of said entrance or opening toward oragainst which said movable member swings when opened, said last-mentioned means being located wholly within the compartment, whereby when the door is closed, one of the arms is disposed substantially parallel with the door and the other at an angle thereto, said arms being maintained in a non-parallel position throughout the movement of the door from the closed position to the open position, in which last-named position said arms are at an angle to each other.

9. The combination with a compartment having an entrance or opening, and a door jamb, provided with a front piece and a jamb strip,- of a door, andmeans for pivotally connecting said door to said jamb, comprising a pair of swmging arms each of substantially the same length and Working in different horizontal planes, means for pivotally connecting said arms to said door and other means for pivotally connecting said arms to said jamb, said last-mentioned means comprising a plate having a pair of ture.

WILLIAM LEWIS EVANS, dB. 

